Deuteronomy 22:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

the men of the town will take the woman to the door of her father's house and stone her to death. This woman brought evil into your community by sleeping with someone before she got married, and you must get rid of that evil by killing her.

Cross References

Genesis 34:7

just as Jacob's sons were coming in from work. When they learnt that their sister had been raped, they became furiously angry. Nothing is more disgraceful than rape, and it should not be tolerated in Israel.

Genesis 38:24

About three months later someone told Judah, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has behaved like a prostitute, and now she's pregnant!” “Drag her out of town and burn her to death!” Judah shouted.

Leviticus 19:29

Don't let your daughters serve as temple prostitutes—this would bring disgrace both to them and the land.

Leviticus 20:2

to say to the community of Israel: Death by stoning is the penalty for any citizens or foreigners in the country who sacrifice their children to the god Molech.

Leviticus 21:9

If any of you priests has a daughter who disgraces you by serving as a temple prostitute, she must be burnt to death.

Leviticus 24:23

When Moses finished speaking, the people did what the LORD had told Moses, and they stoned to death the man who had cursed the LORD.

1 Corinthians 5:13

God judges everyone else. The Scriptures say, “Chase away any of your own people who are evil.”

Deuteronomy 13:5

because he rescued you from slavery in Egypt. If a prophet tells you to disobey the LORD your God and to stop worshipping him, then that prophet is evil and must be put to death.

Deuteronomy 13:6

Someone else may say to you, “Let's worship other gods.” That person may be your best friend, your brother or sister, your son or daughter, or your own dear wife or husband. But you must not listen to people who say such things. Instead, you must stone them to death. You must be the first to throw the stones, then others from the community will finish the job. Don't show any pity. The gods worshipped by other nations have never done anything for you or your ancestors. People who ask you to worship other gods are trying to get you to stop worshipping the LORD, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt. So put to death anyone who asks you to worship another god.

Deuteronomy 17:5

But you will need two or three witnesses—one witness isn't enough to prove a person guilty. Get rid of those who are guilty of such evil. Take them outside your town gates and let everyone stone them to death. But the witnesses must be the first to throw stones.

Deuteronomy 19:19

then you will be punished without mercy. You will receive the same punishment the accused would have received if found guilty, whether it means losing an eye, a tooth, a hand, a foot, or even your life. Israel, the crime of telling lies in court must be punished. And when people hear what happens to witnesses that lie, everyone else who testifies in court will tell the truth.

Deuteronomy 21:21

The men of the town will stone that son to death, because they must get rid of the evil he brought into the community. Everyone in Israel will be afraid when they hear how he was punished.

Deuteronomy 22:22

People of Israel, if a man is caught having sex with someone else's wife, you must put them both to death. That way, you will get rid of the evil they have done in Israel.

Judges 19:23

The old man went outside and said, “My friends, please don't commit such a horrible crime against a man who is a guest in my house.

Judges 20:5

Later that night, the men of Gibeah surrounded the house. They wanted to kill me, but instead they raped and killed my wife.

Judges 20:6

It was a terrible thing for Israelites to do! So I cut up her body and sent pieces everywhere in Israel.